need help: what visa to apply for domestic work for maid

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dear all:

need help,

what visa can i apply for domestic visa for a maid i want to sponsor from india?

thank you

kind regards

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

There isn't a visas for this. You would have to prove there is no one in the US to take this position. Also you would have to pay full wages for anyone you bring in . The only visa for domestic workers is under the seasonal employee that large resorts use. And there would not be cheap.

[Jawaree 717]

There is no longer such visa, low skilled jobs are for citizens & legal residents

I don't think your country is one of the countries seasonal workers..hotel maids

& fruit pickers are pulled rom.

[KierenHby 897]

No such thing as a domestic visa for a maid. Google devyani khobragade..

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[jan22 2,898]

No such thing as a domestic visa for a maid. Google devyani khobragade..

Actually, this case has nothing to do with most people on the forum, as it involves diplomatic/consular privileges. And, her employee had a visa to work as a household servant. The case was actually about visa fraud -- lying on the visa application about the salary to be paid (there are specific requirements about contracts and salaries for domestic employees in US visa regulations that were violated).

[jan22 2,898]

Actually, this case has nothing to do with most people on the forum, as it involves diplomatic/consular privileges. And, her employee had a visa to work as a household servant. The case was actually about visa fraud -- lying on the visa application about the salary to be paid (there are specific requirements about contracts and salaries for domestic employees in US visa regulations that were violated).

Sorry -- somehow submitted this before I was done!

There are short-term B1 visas that can issued to personal employees of individuals (both US citizens who usually work outside the US and foreign work visa holders working in the US) for 12 months at a time that allow them to work in the US for their employer. The employer must show their own stay in the US will be short term (can be a few years, but there must be an expectation that the employer will be leaving the US and, therefore, taking the B1 visa holder with them). It also requires a written contract limiting work hours to 40 per week and requiring payment of minimum wage or the prevailing wage in the area. Most people cannot really afford to bring someone into the US and pay the salaries and benefits that it would require -- cheaper to hire someone here.

Edited January 9, 2016 by jan22

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There are nonimmigrant visas for domestic employees for people who are residing outside the US and in the US temporarily (either US citizens who reside abroad, or people in nonimmigrant status in the US). However, you are going to be a permanent resident, who is supposed to reside in the US, so your domestic employees would also reside in the US and thus do not qualify for nonimmigrant visas.

See 9 FAM 402.2-5(D)(4)

Personal employees of all lawful permanent residents (LPRs), including conditional permanent residents and LPRs who have filed Form N-470, Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes, must obtain permanent resident status, as it is contemplated that the employing LPR is a resident of the United States.